September 5, 2024 | Headlines, Organizing, Short Line, Unions
(Source: American Train Dispatchers Association press release, September 4, 2024) On September 4, 2024, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that Train Dispatchers from the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad (G&W) have voted to unionize with the American Train...
August 29, 2024 | 2-man Crews, CSX, Fatality, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Remote Control
(Source: Associated Press, August 28, 2024) The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a railyard last year sees a simple solution to preventing similar deaths in the future: two-person crews. But that idea won’t be...
August 28, 2024 | BNSF, C3RS, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, August 28, 2024) Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn’t always reach front-line workers who often don’t feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being...
August 26, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Associated Press, August 24, 2024) The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. “This...
August 23, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Associated Press, August 23, 2024) Freight trains in Canada could be running again within days after the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, a move aimed at averting potentially dire economic...
August 22, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, August 22, 2024) Despite months of good faith negotiations on the part of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, parties remain far apart, and both CN and CPKC have began their lockout of 00:01 today. “Throughout this process,...
August 20, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CBC News, August 19, 2024) Labor Minister Steve MacKinnon will meet with representatives of Canada’s two main rail companies and unions as the deadline to avoid an unprecedented service shutdown approaches. Both the Canadian National Railway and the...
August 19, 2024 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, August 18, 2024) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) today received 72-hour lockout notice from CN. Unless parties reach last-minute agreements, a work stoppage will occur at 00:01 on Thursday,...
August 16, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains.com, August 15, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board will hear from more than three dozen participants during its two-day hearing next month regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in freight railroad traffic. The hearing, set to begin at...
August 16, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CTV News, August 15, 2024) Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon has rejected the Canadian National Railway Company’s request to intervene in the ongoing labour dispute between the company and the union representing railway employees. The decision by Prime Minister...
